During the early days of the 2014-2015 season and for most of the season in fact, it was reported that the Spurs didn’t want to pay small forward Kawhi Leonard a max contract. They must’ve changed their tune shortly after the season, because he won Defensive Player of the Year, and then it came to the media’s attention that the Spurs now want to offer Leonard the maximum contract, and that is what happened.

Yahoo Sources: Kawhi Leonard, Spurs agree to framework of a maximum contract extension. http://t.co/f1738GRRli

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2015

Leonard averaged 16.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game in a total of 64 regular season games for the San Antonio Spurs during the 2014-2015 season.

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